Collar-fastener.



A. C. WOODWARD.

COLLAR PASTENER.

APPLIUATION FILED APR. 2z, 1912.

1,081,075. Y Patented 1360.9, 1913.

coLurAllA Putman/PM co,. WASHINGTON D c @ALTES PATENT UFFICE.

CLLAR-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .April 22, 1912.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, ALBAN C. tVooDwARD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Eetroit, in the county of lliayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collarellasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to collar fasteners and particularly to a fastener designed for securing the back of the collar to the neck band.

lli/ly invention has among the objects thereof to provide a device which will securely retain the collar in place but which will permit the latter to be easily and quickly fastened, to provide a structure which will allow the tie to be readily adjusted and to so construct the fastener' that pressure on the back of the neck will be avoided. Further to produce a device of this type which .is simple in construction and which can be easily and cheaply manufactured.

rllhe invention resides in the peculiar construction, arrangement and combination of parts as more fully hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

ln the drawings,-ll`igure l is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 shows the fastener in place on a neck band; llig. 3 is a section on the line --zr of et; Fig. lis a perspective view illustrating the relation of the collar to the fastener; Fig. 5 is a plan view of a bla-nk from which my improved device is formed; and Figs. G to 9 inclusive illustrate cert-ain steps during the engaging of the collar with the fastener.

My improved fastener is formed from a blank A which is preferably stamped from a sheet of thin metal. This blank has laterally extending flanges B, C projecting from one edge l) of the body portion and positioned respectively at opposite ends thereof, while extending laterally from the opposite edge ll is a flange l preferably of greater width than the flanges B, C and ar ranged mid-way between the same. The flanges B and C are bent to form parallel hook-shaped portions G, H extending in the same direction, and the flange li' bent in the opposite direction to form a lip I. ln the operative relation of the fastener the hook-shaped portions Gr and H extend upwardly from the lower edge D and the lip Patented "el, i913., Serial No. 692,243.

downwardly from the upper edge. The hp and the hook-shaped portions extend aero-ss the front face J of the fastener, providing a flat rear face h.

To position a fr tener on the collar band it is pu shed up between the button-hole flap la and the inner ply hl of the collar band until the lip .may be engaged with the lnitton-hole N. rlhe fastener is then drawn downwardly until the bend of the lip engages the button-hole. The spaced hook portions are en gaged with the lower edge O of the flap L by first drawing one end of the fastener downwardly so as to engage one hook with the edge G and then drawing the other end downwardly and engaging the edge (l therewith, the pliability of the flap L permitting this latter operation, the fastener being shown in full lines in Fin'. 2 in pro )er cngageineut with the collar band.

To secure the collar in place the buttonhole l.) thereof is engaged with the hook and the collar moved upward to the position shown in Fig. (i. One of the hook portions as (il is engaged with the lower edge Q, of the inner ply lt of the colla-r by tilting the collar as shown in F ig. 7. The collar is drawn downwardly to the position shown in Fig. S and the edge Q engaged with the other hook portion by twisting the collar inwardly as shown in Fig. 9. Upon releasing the collar the inner edge assumes the position shown in Fig. fl.

In order to prevent relative movement between the several parts the distance between the bends of the hooks and the bend of the lip must be substantially the same as the distance between the lower edge of the flap and its button-hole, which of course, is substantially the same as between the buttonhole of the collar and the lower edge of the inner ply thereof. However, in order to avoid the collar from being accidentally disengaged from the hook portions it is desir able to make the latter comparatively long. To permit of this the hook portions are. spaced a considerable distance from the lip so that in the operation illustrated by Fig. 9 the lower edge of the collar may be raised above the hook portion without buckling the collar. The lip portion is also compara tively long but terminates above the lower edge of the fastener, while both the hook portions and the lip are spaced from the front face J but suiiiciently to receive the several plies engaged therewith. rlhe inembers G, H and l will therefore, not interfere with the adjusting of the tie about the collar.

The relation of the hook portions to the lip is highly important since if the distance between the bends was greater than the distance between the button-hole of the collar and the lower edge of the inner ply thereof a Vertical play would be permitted which under a sudden strain would be liable to permit the collar to become disengaged.

What claim as my invention is:

A collar fastener comprising a body portion having a flat rear face, flat hook-shaped portions for engaging the edge of the collar extending' upwardly from the lower edge of the body across the front face thereof and arranged at opposite ends of the body, and a wide fiat button-hole engaging lip of hookshaped form depending from the upper edge of the body portion across the front faceV thereof and arranged mid-way between the hook-shaped portions, the distance between the bends of the latter members and the bend of the lip being substantially equal to the lower edge of the collar and the buttonhole, said hook-shaped portions being of al length to extend upwardly the greater portion of said distance between the bends thereof and that of the lip and being spaced a considerable distance from the lip, for the purpose described.

in testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBAN C. VOODVVARD.

1Witnesses z W. J. BELKNAP, JAMES P. BARRY.

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